Table 2.

Frequency of Ramen Consumption Associated with Total Mortality.

		Unadjusted analysis		Adjusted analyses*
Frequency of ramen intake	Number of events/subjects	HR (95%CI)	p-value	HR (95%CI)	p-value
<1 /month	145/6725	1.24 (0.77–2.00)	0.384	1.43 (0.43–1.15)	0.157
1−3 times/month	32/1275	0.92 (0.61–1.39)	0.692	1.09 (0.71–1.66)	0.705
1−2 times/week	59/3139	reference		reference
≥3 times/week	17/499	1.69 (0.94–3.03)	0.076	1.52 (0.84–2.75)	0.163

HR: hazard ratio. CI: confidence interval.

^*Multivariate analysis adjusted for age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, amount of noodle soup consumed, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia.